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Welcome back to the world expo 2020 in dubai. off to italy now, where we posed the question, if michelangelo had had a 3d printer, would he have bothered with all that sculpting? this is an exact replica of his david, which has been scanned in incredible detail to within one hundredth of a millimetre. the process took a0 hours, and the result was a 3d file that was then sent off to a massive 3d printer. and even then, the five—metre—tall statue had to be printed in acrylic resin in 1a different pieces, which were then glued together and covered in marble dust. of course, now the data exist...

And even then, the five—meter tall statue had to be printed in acrylic resin in 1a different pieces, which were then glued together and covered in marble dust. of course, now the data exists from the 3d scan, it's not a big leap to think that in the future anyone could download it and 3d print their own version of david. the data isn't being made available at the moment, though. it's being kept under wraps by the museum i guess as an insurance policy, just in case anything happens to the original. now, here's the slight quirk. most visitors only get to see david's top half, which is a really...

And even then, the five—metre—tall statue had to be printed in acrylic resin in 1a different pieces, which were then glued together and covered in marble dust. of course, now the data exists from the 3d scan, it's not a big leap to think that in the future anyone could download it and 3d—print their own version of david. the data isn't being made available at the moment, though. it's being kept under wraps by the museum i guess as an insurance policy, just in case anything happens to the original. now, here's the slight quirk. most visitors only get to see david's top half, which is a re...